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The Moon on Monday, December 26, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on December 26, 1977Waning Gibbous

Monday 26 December 1977405,670 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 26, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
405,670 km252,071 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1977 is on Sunday, December 25, 1977 at 12:49 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 9, 1978 at 04:00 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 25, 197712:49
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 2, 197812:07

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Monday, December 26, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 10, 1977 to the new moon of January 9, 1978, a cycle of 29.44 days.